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ASSOCIATED DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI stibles at ran GROUNDS BURKED: ALL HOUSES SAFE Seventy-Two of the 85 Stalls in Big Stable De stroyed by Fire Discov ' ered Last Night WILLL REBUILD THE STRUCTURE SOON Fire Will Not Interfere With Pitas Being Made Now For Annual Fair to Be Held in October. Fire of undetermined origin which at one time seemed certain to bum its way throughout the grounds, last night destroyed 72 stalls in the big stable at the Cabarrus County Fair grounds. Only the wind saved other struc tures, the flames being driven toward the highway instead of toward the interior of the grqunds. lue loss is estimated at betvrM& |5,000 and $lO,- 000. The origin of the fire is believed to be a cigarette carelessly thrown in or near one of the stalls. Persona who first saw the fire reported that it started somewhere near the middle of the stable which had 85 stalls. Straw and hay in the stalls, caught quickly and a few minutes after the blase was first seen the heavens were lighted by the flames and sparks. The fire spread in two directions, burning southward with more rapidity than northward. The twelve stalls were saved after members of the Concord fire depart ment reached the fair grounds. Hose were carried from the dam behind the poultry house to the stable, a dis tance of 1,800 feet, and with about 100 pounds of pressure on the water, the flames were soon knocked out. Fourteen stalls were standing but two are. so badly burned and other wise damaged they will have to be torn down. 1 The progressive spirit of the fair officials is demonstrated by the fact that carpenters were at work at the grounds this morning, repairing doors and windows in the office building. This building, standing only apotit 1 twenty feet from the stable, was not bgfrtfcj, due to the direction of the wind. One side of the structure was badly blistered but a little paint will remedy its ills. Carpenters found work to do on the structure because spectators, cer tain the building would be burned unless moved, sought to take from it all furniture and equipment. Several doors were \ torn from tbeir hinges and a number of window panes smashed. One member of the fire department this morning stated that no call for aid was made and he sat at the fire department building and watched the blaze for about fifteen minutes with out knowing , where it was. There was not enough hose on the truck which was sent as soon as the loca tion of the fife became known, to reach from the dam to the stable and the firemen had to return to Concord to get additional hose. T’lie fire was easily controlled as soon as the water was available. Volunteers sought 1 feverishly to save part of the stable but they could not cope with the fire. Several attempts were made to cut through the stalls and thus check the blaze's progress but the volunteers could not succeed in this work and only the water stopped the progress of the fire. All of the horses quarter,si at the grounds escaped inju'ry. Two or three horses Vvere quartered in the stalls burned but they were turned into the infield of the race track when the blaze was discovered. The big barn which quartera tie horse* , of J. F, Cannon was' not burned. Mr. Cannon, president of the fair association, and H. W. Caldwell, vice president, were among the first to reach the grounds after the' fire was discovered. Dr. T. N. Spencer, sec retary of the association, is out of town. It is understood that officials plan to have the stables rebuilt at once. This work probably can be completed within thirty or forty days, so the building will be ready in ample time for the 1026 fair in October. Several negroes who look after the horses kept at the grounds are Baid to have been in the stable early last night, and the fire may have started from a cigarette or match thrown down by them. It la also probable that some straggler In the grounds started the tire by carelessness. There was no insurance on the structure, it is said. Hundreds of persons were attract ed to the scene of the fire and their autos were parked in all available places for a quarter of a mile in all directions. Persons as far away as Newell said they could see the blase and many persons in Kannapolis called to learn its location. Officials of the fair say the fire wIU in no way interfere with plana for the next fair in October. Price* on Goodyear Tires Come Down. The Yorke * Wadsworth Co. has just received s big shipment of Good year tires and-tubes, and while the yiitock lasts and for cash only they are offering these at very low prices. In a whole page ad. today In both The Tribune and The Times you will find the reduced prices, and yon will find that you can now make a big saving. The Concord Daily Tribune North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily Holdup Men Slay Three In Efforts To Steal Two : Autos For Their Work . _j “ —♦ , ELKS STAMPEDE CHICAGO Great Convention Begins Tonight. — Parade to Take Place Thursday. - Chicago, 111., July 12.—Purple and white bunting envelopes th’s city and Elks bends and clocks with their hands pointing to the mystic hour of eleven are in almost every avnii r able uit’.ie in honor of visiting mem bers of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks who have been coming 8 Into the city by thousands from ev t cry section of the country since Snt ' urday, . . . ► While the convention does not be gin nntil tonight, when official repre sentatives of the state and city will bid the herd welcome, the reunion al i ready has begun. Delegations from . the Chicago lodges in their white ; suits met every incoming train with | a band of musie. Veteran members of the order, who have been attepding the annual oon- I volitions for many years predict that | the present gathering will be the largest and most notable ever held. 1 One of the outstanding features of the week's program will be the dedica tion of the $3,500,000 Elks’ National memorial headquarters, recently com pleted in t'.iis city. The convention 1 parade, which is the big spectacular feature of the program, will take place Thursday. THE COTTON MARKET Advances Last Week Followed by Heavy Realizing and Selling To-i day. New- York, July 12.—Shnrp ad vances last week in the cotton mar ket were followed by heavy realizing and probably selling for a reaction early today. First prices were steudy, but slight to 10 points lower. Active months soon t'liowed net losses of 25 to 26 points, October selling off to 1633 and January to 16.84. The South sold heavily here, and local selling was encouraged by rela tively easy Liverpool cables, com bined with rather more reassuring crop advices from some parts of the belt, and hope of clearing weather. There was further covering and a little trade buying at the decline, but priees were within a point or two of the lowest at the end of the first hour. Cotton fu-ui res opened steady. Oct. Id.!)*'; Dee. 16.fi*; Jan. 17.01; March If .18; May 17.26. With Our Advertisers. Large black milans, vagabond vets and large felts at Robinson's milli nery department; With its more than 700 stores the J. a Penney Co. is in position to buy goods of high quality at prices ex tremely k>w. Lower priees on flour at Cline & Moose’s. This firm sells the very best brands. See new ad. today. The annual Clean-Up Sale of all Summer goods is now on at the Con eord Furniture Co. Watch this pa per tomorrow for announcement. Merry values in shirts at Hoover's from $1.50 to $3.00. Everything else for the man at this store. Specially priced washable fabrics at the Parks-Belk Co.’s. ..See list and prices in new ad. 'today. The Dutch colonial house is always popular. See illustration and descrip tion in F. C. Niblock's new ad. today. Preacher Denounces Chain-Gang System. Greensboro, July.lll.—Rev. John F. Kirk, pastor of West Market Street Methodist-Church, this city, in the course of hia sermon this iqorning vigorously attacked the “chain-gang situation in North Car olina,” particularly alleged conditions in Stanly County. Reference was n»de by Mr. Kirk to the impending trial of "the convict boss in Stanly County who killed three convicts who had been placed under'his care and control," as the preafiher expressed it. Mr. Kirk said that “something must be done about intolerable con ditions in some prison camps fn the State.” He declared that too much force had been employed, brutality has been practiced and that “such evils must be terminated.” Caillaux Confers in London. London, July 12.—C4*)—The French finance miplster, Joseph Caillaux, ar rived by airplahe from Paris early this afternoon to confer with Winston Churchill, chancellor of the exchequer, regarding funding-of the French war debt to this country. Solicitor Pless Goes Over the Braswell Tragedy at Tryon Saluda, July 11.—Solicitor J.jW. Pleas, Jr., together with Sheriff Rob ert W. McFarland, spent several boon this afternoon going over the Bating that cost the aswell, Tryon girl, t,- and sent Q. C. of a prominent Sa o the hospital in a nded condition. I on of the conference, whl«h included the careful question ing of persons among the first to ar rive on the scene of the crime after the sound of sbotji were heard, the so licitor stated that within the next day or so Sheriff McFarland would to'whiir ,n "°" M ® ,n^ nt b(( to t(i “ ak * “ soon aa *Bo«meFs c^lSoi^urtU* pe” ► Driver of Taxi and Couple Sitting in Private Car Slain by Gunmen, One of a Whom Was Arrested (1 r r WRECK LED TO MAN’S ARREST '' He Smashed Car Into Rail road Gates and He Was Pinned Under Car—Man Calley “Curley” Sought. 1 Ch cago, July-12.—Cicero, scene of - the recent spectacular McSwiggin n party slaying, counted three mote e killings today apparently prompted 1 by a desire of hold-np men to obtain automobiles for marauding expedi i t’ons. A taxicab chauffeur, who protested t surrendering his car to fl pair of s-ob p berx, was mortally wounded, stripped • of his uniform and thrown from his - machine, while less than a block away a young man and a young woman sit ting in a ear in front of the latter’s ", home, were slain when they remon -1 strafed against giving up their auto r mobile. ! The police are hollding Thos. Mc- Wain, 24, from whom they obtained a statement implicating himself and n man known to them only as "Cur ley. ’ McWain said he and ‘"Curley” r had had the cab to go to Cicero, and ■j That they shot the chauffeur, Ludwig | Rose, to obtain his car. Shortly af terward they spied an automobile oc cupied by Fred Hein. 26. and Miss 1 Mary Blang. 23. and demanded sur -1 render of the machine. When Hein - protested, both he and Miss Blang 1 were shot to death. 1 Rose was found lying along the ’ road, and was taken to the county hospital, where he died of a bullet wouni.in bis back. His shouts had attracted a passerby who notified the ■ police. While still conscious Rose ' told them he had heard six or seven shots shortly after his assailants drove away. The police started a search aud found the bodies of Hein and Miss Blang neaerby. Both had been shot in the head. MeWain, described as a “floater" from the Madison Street districts, Was captured after, ah exciting when the stolen taxicab which he was driving crashed through railroad gates after nearly wrecking a police car. overturned and pinned him under neath. The other man escaped. The slayings came before the echoes of Cic ero's last sensational shooting had died away. Near the scene of today’s slaying. Wm. McSwiggin, nn assistant state attorney and two companions fell before n withering hail of lead poured into their automobile by ma chine gun gangsters last April. This triple slaying which led to a grand jury investigation in Cook County, and several indictments, have not been solved. Rose was said to be a brother of “Smiling Jack" Rose, who .two years ago was shot and killed while in the county building, by Patrick Sexton, father of Frank Sexton, a checkered taxicab chauffeur, for whose slaying Rose has been indicted. Death of C. V. Voils at MoOreavlUe. C. V. Voils, aged 75 years, died Saturday night at 11 o’clock at his home in Mooresville. He had been an invalid for several years, and had been confined to his home -for three weeks . He was mayor of Moores ville for six or eight terms, aud was later city recorder He was a son of the late Monroe Voils. Mr. Voils was born and reared at Poplar Tent in this eounty. He leaves t'liree sons and one daugh ter, namely: Drs. C. M. and V. V. Voilß, of Mooresville; Thad W. Voils, of Louisville, Ky., and Miss Mary Ophelia Voils, of Mooresville. He leaves also two brothers and two sis ters, as follows: Reece Voils, Long Beach, Cal.. C. E. Voils, Clarkton; Mrs. C. L. Walters, of Rowan coun ty, and Mrs. E. H. Johnston, of Rock Hill. The funeral took place this after noon at 4 o’clock at Mooresville, the services being conducted in the Pres byterian Church, of which he had been an elder for many years. Gold is being mined in a marshy field neaV Cairo. Wales, on a site • worked nearly 1,700 years ago by the Romans. mit, a warrant charging him with slaying his pretty companion and with then turning the weapon upon himself in Sn effort to take his own i life, will be served on him. Communication wil'j Tryon hos . pital tonight brought forth the infor - motion that Bonner has an excellent . • chance for recovery If some compli- I cations in the nature of au infection , do not set its within the next day or -two. His condition is becoming ■ stronger and is apparently rallying In - fine shape from the bullets which tore • into bis chest, one above and one just : below bis heart. I Physicians are inclined to the be i lief that from now on his recovery wIU be rapid unless some unforeseen CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, JULY 12, 1926 B[GM SEARCH FOR DUD AMBNG RUINS ■ OF ML HAL t I r \ Marines, Soldiers and SaiJ f ors Enter “No Man’fe Land” to Seek Those Who Died in Explosion. f j SHELLS ARE NOT j EXPLODING TODAY * i Secretary Wilbur and Reqr *! Admiral Plunkett Etf « pected to Supervise tl|e { Work Among Ruins. I Dover, N. J., July 12.—OP)—The j bombardment of shells which hfis „ rained on the countryside intermif . tently since the destruction of tfie Navy ammunition depot at Lake I>e<- 1 mark Saturday ceased this forenoon _ and dispatches of marines, soldiers ami I sailors prepared to enter "no man's H land" to make an immediate search f for the dead. The bodies will be taken to the , hospital at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. . Rear Admiral Plunkett, commandant . of the third naval district at Brook lyn, and Secretary of the Navy Wil . bur, are expected here during the I day. | Sixteen Known Dead. Dover, N. J., July 12. —(/P)—The ’ number of persons known to have 1 been killed in the explosion of . the r naval ammtmition depot at lake Den . mark, was set at sixteen today in a . telegram to the chief of naval opera i tions nt Washington from Captain . William Sayles, senior officer at the i scene of the "tragedy. Worm Among Ruins. Dover, N. J., July 12.—OP)—Kav " aged as by the merciless artillery at tack of an invaded area in war time, the country surrounding the Lake I Denmark naval ammunition depot “ smouldered under a summer sun to ' day. Marines and soldiers move cau -1 tiously through the shell wrecked area, determined to wrest from the smoking ruins the grim secrets of death und destruction lridden among the devastated ruins. The shells which had rained their L ,<lcath dealing steel fragments upon, r the couhtfyslde since a bolt of llgktr fling first ignited stores of it Satur day ceased their intermittent thunder this morning and it was hoped that the worst had passed. The scene was reminiscent as a battlefield after with, drawal of. shock troops of an enemy. The number of known dead at noon today was 15. With several times that number missing. It was not believ ed ah accurate check of- the human loss could be completed today. In the army’s Pickatinny arsenal | adjoining the naval ammunition dump there still remained vast stores of explosives which might be ignited by n vagrant shell from Lake Den mark. If this should occure officers admitted that tbe whole grim disaster might be re-enacted. Hundreds of persons living in a radius of a few miles of the depot were injured when the blasts leveled their homes. Most of the dead were marines stationed at the depot. A bolt of lightning late in the afternoon struck an arsenal which exploded. The en tire force nt ‘ the depot—7o men— was called out to fight the fire which followed' and a second and greater explosion caught them, leaving them dying or injured. The terror and confusion spread through the surrounding countiy made it almost impossible to de termine for some time the number of casualties. Fifty persons were taken to the Dover general hospital, many seriously injured; 50 were taken to an emergency hospital at the Amer ican legion headquarters; 13 serious ly injured were taken to Morris town hospital, Morristown, N- J., and scores of others with minor in ; juries were treated by physicians The entire town of Mount Hope, a few miles from the depot, was re-> ported destroyed and many injured were found there. It was reported . that the town of Hilbernia also had , been leveled. The explosions were felt for 30 I miles around the depot, and pieces of steel and concrete, flaming timbers and ashes fell miles away, starting many fires. Towns and hamlets within a radius of fifteen miles of, what was until yes terday the navy’s principal depoti bore the marks of t'ae continued hail of debris, and shook of the detonating stores of powder, T. N. T. and even j more powerful propellants. With the leas severely injured under treatment] in several hospitals and private homes • , in the hilly region in and about lake Denmark, it was difficult to obtain an accurate check of those hurt in ‘ the successive blasts set off by a bolt 1 pf lightning. 1 Naval men reported thpt 18 naval 1 magazines still were intact and it was hoped t'.iat with' the dying down of the first that they would be saved. Major General C. C. Williams, chief of tbe ordinance department of the army, this iafternoon estimated the 1 damage to (the army reservation at ’ about $3,000,000. t —__ i lake Denmark Plant Was Navy's Largest Arsenal Washington, July 12/—The Lake Denmark plant was the navy’s lar *eat ammunition storage depot, com* prising more then 50 acres of landd i During the war; it “was extended d>y • an addition; of 183 new buildings and other extensions •„ of considerable Sues Turfman ] -- . |x|#Mggggy^ j/tjL 1 Mrs. William Ziegler suit in Paris, asking for a divorce from her huband, a prominent New York, turfman and polo enthusiast. blue ridge conference ON MISSIONARY EDUCATION Tlie Purpose of the Conference Is to I Train Church Workers. Blue Ridge, July 12 —OP)— Eleven Protestant denominations were repre sented here in the Blue Ridge confer ence of the missionary education movement which ended last week. Closing a ten-day’s session the con ference last Sunday elected the fol lowing committee to prepare the pro gram for next year's meeting: Dr. H. F. Williams and Mrs. Hume R. Steele, of Nashville, representing the Presbyterian and t'ae Southern Methodist churches, Miss Sallie Dean, of Richmond, Vn„ and Miss Olive Pearson, of the Congregational Sun day school extension society. Foreign and home missionaries, bishops and missionary leaders were among the faculty members and plat . form speakers appearing before the [body. " ■ . .. % The purpose of the annual confer ence here is to train church workers w.it'ii especial interest in missionary programs of the participating denomi nations. SONNER IS VIRTUALLY OUT OF DANGER NOW Youth Who Was Shot When Miss Braswell Was Killed Much Im proved. ,i Tryon, N. C., July 12.—OP)—Q. C Conner, Jr,, seriously wounded last Wednesday night when Miss Jean Braswell wns fatally shot, virtually is out of danger, Tryon hospital offi cials said today. Meanwhile Polk county authorities continued to investigate the shooting of the society girl. Neither Sheriff MacFarland nor J. Will Pless. Jr., prosecuting attorney, would make any announcement of their plans following a conference yesterday. Southern MiH Stocks. Gastonia, July 10.—At the close of the week a decline of 72 cents per share in bid prices wns noted ac cording to the average of 25 active stocks as compiled weekly by R. S. Dickson and company, the average now standing at 111.80 ngainst 111- OS for fthe previous week. While there were no spectaeu’ar changes, slight declines were recorded. Trad ing in ‘common and preferred stocks was very quiet in the early part of the week with increasing activity at the close of the week, whoch is at tributed to re-investment of July dividend funds, and the slight ad vance in the good market which has taken place during the past two or three weeks. New Hickory Hotel to Be Opened July 15- Hickory, July 11.—Ex-Gov. Cam eron Morrison will make an address at the stockholders banquet at the new $400,000 hotel which opens in Hickory on July 15. On the opening date a banquet will be held for the stockholders and their families and on the following night a dinner-dance will take place for the benefit of the public. The hotel will be open from 2 to i 5 o’clock on Friday afternoon for an inspection of the handsome new building and its equipment which is laaid to be among the finest in the State. Min Ain Coltrane Dies By Her Own Hand. Raleigh. July 10.— Mias Alice Ool trane, 30-.vear-old inmate of the state hospital for insane, last night com mitted suicide by hanging herself with a stocking from iron bars of her window. She was a Randolph county woman. magnitude were made. The depot was purely a storage plant at which no work of assemb ling, breaking down, or issuing of ammunition waa done. In describing activities at the depot, the navy department said to night that ammunition supplies were received there 'either from the manu facturer or from other depots and MWe forwarded to other points upon loader* by the department. ACCIDENTS KEEP UP HEAVY TOLL AMONG | FOLK IN SOUTHLAND! i Thirty-Seven Persons i Were Killed and 249 In -1 jured in Traffic Acci i dents Last Week. NORTH CAROLINA WAS THE LEADER j Seven Persons Were Killed in This State.—Georgia Leader in the Nunfber Injured With 42. <A>)—Traffic in eleven Southern States killed 34 persons and injured ] 246. a survey conducted yesterday by | the Associated Press revealed. That total compares! with 37 persons killed and 241) injured the week previous. Not included in the fatality total is the death of Lieut. J. W. McKen zie.! Tennessee national guard avia tor, killed at Nashville last Wedeues dny, when his plane became ignited while 5.000 feet in the air. North Carolina led all southern states in the number of persons re ported killed, with a total of 7 Ala bama followed closely with six. while Virginia and Florida reported four each. Every State reitorted one or more deaths from the traffic accidents. Georgia led all Southern States in number of persons reported injured, with 42 for dhe week. Alabama was second with 2, Florida third with 31, and Virginia and Arkansas tied with 30 each for fourth place. A tabulation by states includes: North Carolina killed 7, injured 0; South Carolina, killed 2. injured 4. NORTH CAROLINA’S ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN To Cost $150,000 During the Year.— Mr. Tate Talks. High Point, July 12.—North Caro lina's national advertising campaign, for which preparations are now being made to raise $150,000 to spend during the coming year, will be projected so as to further the prosperity of the state as a unit, and all lines smaking of sectional advantage will be erased. This in substapce was the statement made today by Fred N. Tate, promi nent High Point manufacturer who is chairman of North Carolinians, In corporated. Mr. Tate vigorously challenged a recent statement that the advertising project was primarily a piedmont North Carolina one and that other sections of the state were just being invited to participate in a secondary manner. This impression is errone ous, Mr. Tate declared; the very na ture and function of the organization is state-wide in scope. Speaking for the organization c6m mittee, Mr. Tate said, “I want to make it clear that we are engaged in a state-wide enterprise to bring the country’s attention to North Carolina as a unit, not as a group of seetibns where diversified industries are car ries on. Copy to be used in the na tion-wide advertising campaign will be based on facts and statistics com piled by agencies of the federal and state governments, which are impar tial and which do not recognize sec tional lines. The nature of the pro gram to tell the world about North Carolina is general and is calculat ed to carry the goodwill and natural advantages of the state to the world. This is a great collective enterprise for all North Carolina.” In speaking further of the aim and purpose of North Carolinians, Incor porated, Mr. Tate said that this is a “one for all, all for one*' project. Every locality in the state is not only invited but is expected to become a part of the organization. Each par ticipating community will have a hand in shaping the policies of the organi zation. The functions of North Carolinians, Incorporated, Mr. Tate said, will be not only to advertise the state but to serve as a state clearing house for the vast number of inquiries expect ed to come in from people outside the state as a result of the nation-wide publicity program. This, he said, will be one of the most important phases of the project. All inquiries received at headquarters will be sent out to the chamber of commerce or board of trade in each of the partici pating communities. These inquiries can then be followed up by the local agencies. Jamaica produces about one-third of the world's banana supply. TODAY AND TOMORROW Harry Langdon in the Biggest Picture of the Year . . ‘Tramp Tramp Tramp” The Picture You Have Been Waiting to See Concord Theatre 10c and 86c I cap* jk V’-’V olL' slfcgjlm §■ -; Hal! HIM*: JOHN W. WEEKS’ Who Died Early This Morning at His Home in Lancaster, N. H. i " . < j -■? i NEW COMPANY AIMED TO HELP TEXTILE MILLS Will Conduct Tests to Determine De tails of Quantity, Speed and Ex pense. Charlotte, July 12.— (A*) —-An or ganization for the purpose of conduct ing textile tests to assist mills in the solving of production problems, in cluding details of quantify, speed and expense, was organized here today. Articles of incorporation naming the organization the Arkwrights, Inc., were filed. Tests will be made in mills through out the South, it wns explained. On ly one such method will be used in any mill with special attention to be paid to comparison of results ob tained, it was added. Officers of the organization include: F. Gordon Cobb, of Lancaster, S. as president; Frank F. Pennis, of Lafayette,. Ga., as vice president, and J. T. Hilton, of Charlotte and Ra leigh, as secretary-treasurer. A research society lias been ap pointed which, will supervise the tests and report the results to the organi zation at its meeting at Ty'oee near Savannah, Ga., July' 16th und 17th. This meeting will be in conjunction with the Southern Textile Associa tion gathering at Tybee. The name Arkwright was given the organization in honor of the invent or of the spinning loom. STORM WRECKS CONOVER MILL; LOSS COMPLETE Damage May Run a# High aasiiun dred Thousand Dollars. Newton. July 11.—Not until this morning did Newton people become aware of the extent Os the damage done by the tornado that passed over Newton and Conover late yesterday afternoon. The damage to the Yount cotton mill is variously estimated at from $25,000 to SIOO,OOO. J. P. Yount, the owner, says he has made no estimate. Whatever It is, the loss is complete, as there was no storm insurance. Almost the en tire roof was taken off the south end, and about one-half of the sec ond story nails were blown in on the machinery of the second floor. All the cards and much of the spinning equipment were entirely demolished, nnd the large amount of stored up yarn badly damaged by water. Accompanying the wind was the hardest rain nnd hail storm this sec tion has had ip a number of years. Everything on both floors was thor oughly drenched. The damage to machinery and yarn on the first floor was from water. Mr. Yount has a force of hands at work today clearing up the debris and will repair the damages to the build ing as soon as possible and replace the destroyed and damaged macehin ery. Confederate Veterans to Hold Re union in Florida, (By International News Service.) Ocala. Fla., July 12.—Accepting the cordial invitation extended by the Chamber of Commerce and Civic bodice of this city, L. W. Jackson, Commanding General of the Florida Division of the United Confederate Veterans has issued n general order to all members to meet in Ocalu in a grand Reunion next November 3, 4 and 5. This will be the 36th Annual State Reunion. Civic bodies of Ocala are planning a hearty welcome for the ex-soldierw and their wives and an elaborate program is anticipated. Alberta’s Ooming-of-Age. Edmonton, Alta., July 12. —The an nual Edmonton exhibition, which op ened its gates today for a week's en gagement. takes on additional signifi cance this year as it is to he com bined with a celebration of the com ing of age of the Province of Alberta. The , leading feature of the celebra tion will be an elaborate historical pageant. Alberta was made a province 21 years ago, in 1905, wfien with its sis ter province of Saskatchewan, it was created out of the great stretch of territory known in the early Canad ian history as Rupert’s Land, and later as the North-West Territories. Youth is Charged With an Attack on Child of • Years. Gastonia, July 10.— Pearl Louder milk, 17-year-old west Gastonia mill employe, is at liberty under bond fol lowing the finding of probable cause at a preliminary hearing here today on charges of criminal assault with serious intent on a neighbor’s six y>-ar-old daughter. The child told the story of the al leged attack to Solicitor John Car penter in whispers while’ sitting in the lap of Squire E. Lee Wilson. Siberian sled dogs, reputed among the beat in the world, howl like wolves instead of barking. THE TRIBUNE 3 I TODAY’S NEWS TOdJ|l NO, 163 ' W. WEEKSO DEAD; ND FUNEIfI PLANS ANNOUNCED Former Cabinet MeflSftagf jj Had Been 111 For mroil eral Months and PtMfljU Was Expected. -. -J1 1 DEATH OCCURRED AT SUMMER HQjflW He Lapsed Into Coma i}s||f ly Sunday Morning sjigF \ Death Came Wit|j3B3 His Speaking AgainT^ Lancaster. N. H., July John W. Weeks, war secretary up* der Presidents Harding and Coolidge, j died here at his summer home, HhuE’S Prospect, at 3 o'clock standard’ 1 j this morning. Death came fnMtjHjH gina pectoris and followed a loiqfc .11 , for health. ' ' J Mr. Weeks died without consciousness from the which he had lapsed early . morning. Mrs. Weeks, his son, Sfifi j elair, and Mrs. 1 John WaShihgtdn Daviedge, his daughter, were jjalw -Ja beside when the end came, Thrmlg|r -3 out weary hours of watching had never ceased to hope tbntMHl*; would rally sufficiently to bid tfbljKXw farewell, but the pulse which had grown feeble, continued to fait, nnd ! soon death was but a matter oflhiilEH • When Mr. Weeks lapsed, iphj top 1 coma, Dr. R. E. Miller, of 'WUS' jj field, personal physician to Mr, WffßWt a advised members of the family fMf % j death wns near and the expectation M slight for the former secretary to ] throw off its spell. 1 Announcement of the death made to t’.ie Associated Press Mr Weeks' son shortly before 6 o'clock. if From the lodge at the top » . Prospect the news of the death of 1 the statesman reached this small tp## 3 , where 51 r. Weeks was born aixty-sjfell! . years ago. Ever since his here, the people had watched with M anxiety t'ae battle .with death being 1 waged on the hillside. | , No planH for the funeral had been ill made at the lodge where the family J sought a little rest after their *~lrfW bedside vigil. Dr. Wilier said the ] body undoubtedly would be taken to ; Washington for -funeral-. nrvic—- Lancaster, nearly the northernmost 1 of the White Mountain towns, at thi* <a season of t’.ie year is normatly ing an air of gaiety and bustle, the summer visitors and touristenofijß in. Today the flags are at half glggES and the little groups quietly discuss- "M ing the life of the man who lhy ajfiwß on .Mount Prospeet gave a chapgOKjH appearance to the village. 1 DRUNKEN CHICKENS Got Hold of Wild Cherry Stems.— 1 Bromo-SHtzcr Fixed ThetllAll 1 Right (By International News Service) Atlanta, Ga., July 12.— Page' MMtSM Volstead 55 lien slrs. R. E. slorris. who lives * on a farm near Hapeville, Ga., walked M into her chicken yard and looked at U her prize brood of frying size chick- 1 eiis, here is. what met her eyea r ' J Some of the chickens were running .1 around and .chirping. Others werfi ;1 lying about in various positions M.-fl somnolent ease. In the center of * tlie flock four of the fryers formed M a quartette and with their wiM&ll around each other's neck, they were d singing “Sweet Adeline’’ in Chipk- ■ enese. One group of roosters' vkfl ek- 1 gaged in desperate battle. IramgtwlMi spurlets were flying thick ancf fast. Jj Two of the older chickens were gpsfcfgß siping over in a corner. Another I pair was pecking at each othe£ mid f arguing over prohibition. "I believe t'.iey're drunk,” opined i slrs. Morris. a 55’hieli was all proved by an {ttofn vestigation. Mrs. Morris fottmlS* 1 remains of numerous wild 'enffrifj’ -M stems in the yard. Mrs. Morris put “1 some bromo-seltzer in the - cbirSnfil feed, and soon they all recovered, ‘ none the worse for their revebffl^i Lutheran Women Finish CunfcrenM, M 55’iuston-Salem, July 10.—Mni Sa sr.5 r . Murray, of Burlington, waa elect- I ed president of the Eastern fonfer ence, 55 f Oman's Missionary SSociefar of the Lutheran Church, at tbS'*J (•'using season of the conference Saturday afternoon. An address by Dr. srietor5 r ietor MeC-ait- 1 ley, for 27 years a missionary 'to ll India, featured tlie afternoon session, a Approximately 125 women were attendance at the meeting represea£«|fi ing 20 societies of the eastern ference. \ Other officers elected at the ehto.|l ing session were Miss Laura KfiiS j of Raleigh, vice-president; Mrs. n<l F. Mitchell, of Burlington, oecMljfl tary, and Mrs. S. SV. Hahn, of thM 'M city, treasurer. *T -V: J The place for the next meeting #aß jfl not selected. Xwaj ,J slntton stew, lamb chops and MujU mutton have been crossed off (Affs menu of the British army as a um of economy. Roast and boiled If beef and sausages are being oImB as substitutes. [ScaSm 1 i THE WEATHER Fair tonight, slightly warmerJfl9 west and central portions; Tu«4mE9 partly cloudy, probably local thlinjlgfl : showers in west and central IuNMMB ' Jlodcrate shifting winds, southwest. • rj
The Concord Daily Tribune (Concord, N.C.)
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July 12, 1926, edition 1
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